Pianist Ryo Fukui offers us a diaphanous and comforting dream. A delicate touch, a rich tonality, musical ideas of great beauty. A superb second album where he expresses himself with even more depth.Here is Fukui's second opus, recorded about a year after Scenery. His playing, both delicate and imbued with emotion, is still just as vibrant, but here it gains in power; the world he depicts is more clearly defined, more three-dimensional. His dazzling performances include the title track "Mellow Dream," soft and melancholic, as well as the dynamic and fast-paced "Horizon."